APSA & Skytte awards (political science)
Jewish recipients of the APSA & Skytte awards (political science) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 30% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
14 documented recipients
Louis Hartz1955
Historian of the liberal tradition in America; Lippincott Award (1977)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Sheldon Wolin1960
Political theorist of Politics and Vision; Lippincott Award (1985)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Michael Walzer1977
Political philosopher of just and unjust wars; Lippincott Award (1991)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Hanna Pitkin1967
Theorist of political representation; Skytte Prize (2003)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Joan Tronto1993
Political theorist of the ethics of care; Lippincott Award (2023)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Gabriel Almond1963
Co-founder of comparative political culture research (The Civic Culture); Madison Award (1981)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Sidney Verba1963
Political scientist of civic participation; Skytte Prize (2002)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Theodore Lowi1969
Author of The End of Liberalism; Madison Award (2008)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Deborah Stone1988
Author of Policy Paradox; Madison Award (2017)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Robert Putnam2000
Author of Bowling Alone on social capital; Skytte Prize (2006); convert to Judaism
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Robert Axelrod1984
Author of The Evolution of Cooperation on the iterated prisoner's dilemma; Skytte Prize (2013)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Margaret Levi2019
Political economist of trust and governance; Skytte Prize (2019)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
David Laitin2021
Comparativist of ethnic identity and civil war; Skytte Prize (2021)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
Seyla Benhabib2026
Political philosopher of cosmopolitanism and the rights of others; Skytte Prize (2026)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize